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Amazon.com
Jay Records08.10.19991325
1CD65:46No Lyrics
[TRACKS][CAST]

Baby
Musical
Original Broadway Cast

Music by David Shire
Lyrics by Richard Maltby,Jr.
Book by Sybille Pearson

Based on a story developped with Susan Yankowitz

Description / My Opinion
Amazon.com - Ordered 09/27/1999 - Shipped 10/12/1999 - Received 10/25/1999

Baby opened on December 4, 1983 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York.

Orchestrations: Jonathan Tunick, Music Direction: Peter Howard, Director: Richard Maltby,Jr. The booklet contains a page and a quarter (in very small caracters) synopsis, one big and two medium color pictures of the show, and 4 small B&W pictures of the show. It also contains a list of the orchestra members.

Well, I'm not very fond of this recording. It starts well, goes to Baby Baby Baby and then starts losing interest. Performances are nice (the cast is rather good), but I just don't find the recording interesting. It's possible that Baby is a nice theatre show though. It's also possible that the music style is for something, a somehow seventies eighties music, with copper wind instruments (trumpet) and drums as in that period's TV Series. I've tried hard to appreciate this recording, because I was in the boat to Corse when listening at it, and I've listened at it at least a dozen of times, and I still can't make it a good recommendation for someone who would have the same tastes as mine.

Musical Numbers
12:03OpeningKim Criswell, Ensemble
23:40We Start TodayDanny, Lizzie
33:53What Could Be Better?Lizzie, Danny
42:03The Plaza SongAlan, Arlene
53:42Baby Baby BabyNick, Pam, Alan, Arlene, Danny, Lizzie
64:12I Want It AllPam, Lizzie, Arlene
73:20At Night She Comes Home To MeNick, Danny
84:46Fatherhood BluesDanny, Alan, Nick, Mr. Weiss, Dean Webber
91:29RomanceNick, Pam
103:36I Chose RightDanny
114:33The Story Goes OnLizzie
125:17The Ladies Singing Their SongsLizzie, Women
133:33PatternsArlene
141:18Romance IINick, Pam
152:12Easy To LoveAlan
162:19Romance IIINick, Pam
173:19Two People In LoveLizzie, Danny
182:39With YouPam, Nick
193:46And What If We Had Loved Like That?Alan, Arlene
204:04The Birth (Finale)Company
The Cast
Narrator Kim Criswell
Lizzie Liz Callaway
Danny Hooper Todd Graff
Arlene MacNally Beth Fowler
Alan MacNally James Congdon
Nick Sakarian Martin Vidnovic
Pam Sakarian Catherine Cox
Nurse Barbara Gilbert
Doctor John Jellison
Mr. Weiss Philip Hoffman
Dean Webber Dennis Warning
Mr. Hart Dennis Warning
Intern Lon Hoyt
First Woman Lisa Robinson
Second Woman Kirsti Carnahan
Thrid Woman Barbara Gilbert
Fourth Woman Alaina Warren Zachary
Fifth Woman Kim Criswell
People In The Town Kirsti Carnahan
Kim Criswell
Barbara Gilbert
Philip Hoffman
Lon Hoyt
John Jellison
Lisa Robinson
Dennis Warning
Alaina Warren Zachary

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